Plan Surfaces for New Nuclear Disposal Ground in South Carolina

摘要

A plan has surfaced to establish another nuclear waste disposal ground in South Carolina, a state with a history of taking atomic refuse from across the country. An organization called the Spent Fuel Reprocessing Group wants federal approval to open a disposal area near Barnwell and the Savannah River Site nuclear weapons complex. Spent fuel, would be moved from the state's four nuclear power plant sites and stored indefinitely at the new facility, records show.